Cookies

The following table describes the cookies used on this site and their purpose. For more information on cookie usage, please see the ICO Website.

Cookie Name Cookie Category Description Duration
ARRAffinity Essential Required to maintain interaction with a single Azure Web Instance. Browser session
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.[VALUE] Essential Required to secure web forms and prevent abuse. Browser session
ai_session Optional - Third party Application insights session cookie. Used to identify unique browser sessions and provide data for tracking and performance analysis. 1 hour
ai_user Optional - Third party Application insights user cookie. Used to identify unique users and provide data for tracking and performance analysis. 1 year
_ga Optional - Third party Required to maintain interaction with the Google Analytics web server. 2 years
_gid Optional - Third party Used to distinguish users as part of Google Analytics. 24 hours
_gat Optional - Third party Used to throttle the request rate to Google Analytics. 10 minutes
_gat_gtag_UA_97726811_2 Optional - Third party Used to link ad campaign information with analytics to track conversion metrics. 90 days
AMP_TOKEN Optional - Third party Contains a token able to get a client ID from the AMP client ID service, used to accelerate pages. May contain opt-out, request status, or error values. 30 seconds to 1 year
.AspNet.Consent Essential Tracks whether cookie consent has been accepted by the user; used to direct users to cookie and privacy policies. 1 year